The Balloon

Original title: 風船

Duration: 109 min

Release date: 1956-02-19

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Haruki Murakami is a successful family man and the head of a camera company. Unbeknownst to Murakami, his arrogant son oscillates between a mistress and a new lover who sings at a nightclub. When Murakami’s daughter befriends the mistress, the affair throws the family into turmoil.

Drama

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as Haruki Murakami

Tatsuya Mihashi

Tatsuya Mihashi

as Keikichi Murakami

as Mikiko Mikihara

as Tamako Murakami

Michiyo Aratama

Michiyo Aratama

as Kumiko Yamana

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

Hiroshi Nihon'yanagi

as Masataka Tsuzuki

as Tatsujirô Aso

as Yamaguchi, Photo Shop Owner

Michisaburō Segawa

Michisaburō Segawa

as Shôta Nishimura

as Fusako Murakami

as Shôta's Wife

as Secretary (as Susumu Uemura)

as Maid at Murakami's

as Waiter at Tom

as Woman Student A

as Madame at Minotaur

as Woman Student B

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Yūzō Kawashima

Lighting Technician

Shōhei Imamura

Yūzō Kawashima

Kuratarō Takamura

Kuratarō Takamura

Director of Photography

Takeshi Yamamoto

Takeshi Yamamoto

Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto

Hiroyoshi Hayashimoto

Production Manager

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Original Music Composer

Kimihiko Nakamura

Kimihiko Nakamura

Tadashi Nakamura

Tadashi Nakamura

Shōhei Imamura

Assistant Director

Fumio Hashimoto

Fumio Hashimoto

Sound Recordist

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